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dc.contributor.authorCoombs, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorNimmo, G.
dc.contributor.authorPearson, J.
dc.contributor.authorCollignon, P.
dc.contributor.authorBell, J.
dc.contributor.authorMcLaws, M.
dc.contributor.authorChristiansen, K.
dc.contributor.authorTurnidge, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:55:24Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:55:24Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:09:56Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationCoombs, G. and Nimmo, G. and Pearson, J. and Collignon, P. and Bell, J. and McLaws, M. and Christiansen, K. et al. 2013. Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Programme annual report, 2011. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report. 37 (3): pp. E210-E218.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6761
dc.description.abstract

In 2011, the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) conducted a period-prevalence survey of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital inpatients. Twenty-nine microbiology laboratories from all states and mainland territories participated. Specimens were collected more than 48 hours post-admission. Isolates were tested by Vitek2® antimicrobial susceptibility card (AST-P612 card). Nationally, the proportion of S. aureus that were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was 30.3%; ranging from 19.9% in Western Australia to 36.8% in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory. Resistance to the non-ß-lactam antimicrobials was common except for rifampicin, fusidic acid, high-level mupirocin and daptomycin. No resistance was detected for vancomycin, teicoplanin or linezolid. Antibiotic resistance in methicillin susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) was rare apart from erythromycin (13.2%) and there was no resistance to vancomycin, teicoplanin or linezolid. Inducible clindamycin resistance was the norm for erythromycin resistant, clindamycin intermediate/susceptible S. aureus in Australia with 90.6% of MRSA and 83.1% of MSSA with this phenotype having a positive double disc diffusion test (D-test). The proportion of S. aureus characterised as being healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) was 18.2%, ranging from 4.5% in Western Australia to 28.0% in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory. Four HA-MRSA clones were characterised and 98.8% of HA-MRSA isolates were classified as either ST22-IV [2B] (EMRSA-15) or ST239-III [3A] (Aus-2/3 EMRSA). Multiclonal community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) accounted for 11.7% of all S. aureus. In Australia, regional variation in resistance is due to the differential distribution of MRSA clones between regions, particularly for the major HA-MRSA clone, ST239-III [3A] (Aus-2/3 EMRSA), which is resistant to multiple non-ß-lactam antimicrobials.

dc.titleAustralian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Programme annual report, 2011
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume37
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPageE210
dcterms.source.endPageE218
dcterms.source.issn1447-4514
dcterms.source.titleCommunicable diseases intelligence quarterly report
curtin.departmentSchool of Biomedical Sciences
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